Senior Quantity Surveyor Full-Time

Turner & Townsend; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the UK is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to drive commercial delivery on complex Defence programmes. You’ll lead cost planning, forecasting, contract administration and client liaison across our Defence and infrastructure projects, with hybrid working and regular site visits.

Applicants will need UK MoD Security Clearance (SC) eligibility, experience with NEC3, governance processes and value engineering, and the ability to mentor colleagues while delivering robust cost

Qualifications

• Qualification in Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Cost Engineering
• Experience of working in the Infrastructure (Rail, air, power, highways) sector
• Membership of a relevant professional body is preferred
• Experience in early stage estimating in Defence Infrastructure programmes

Responsibilities

• Establishing relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties
• Administering contracts per project objectives and policies
• Providing cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion
• Monitoring cost variance and cash flow and ensuring timely applications
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage programme performance and value engineering
• Managing contract change to stay within governance and best practice
• Improving forecast accuracy and budget management
• Providing sound commercial support to stakeholders
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Managing commissioning activities as needed

Skills

Cost forecasting

Contract administration

Change management

Cost control

Procurement

Estimating

Governance

Line management

MS Excel

Communication skills

Education

QS/Cost Engineering degree

Tools

MS Office

Estimating software

Job description

Company Description

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.

Already holding SC Clearance is desirable however we advise that if you feel you would be a great candidate for this role, please apply.

At Turner & Townsend, we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day, we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 110 offices worldwide.

Turner & Townsend within the UK has a wide range of key clients in various sectors, including Health, Local Authorities, Higher Education, Highways, Utilities, Rail, and Defence. Our diverse portfolio of clients provides our team members with unique and rewarding opportunities to gain experience across a broad range of major programmes and projects.

Turner & Townsend are a key Tier 1 supplier of project and programme management services to the Ministry of Defence and strategic Defence suppliers in the UK. We play a crucial role in supporting the defence of the United Kingdom, whilst ensuring our clients achieve better outcomes

Join a Team Where Your Perspective Matters

At Turner & Townsend, you’ll benefit from strong professional development and international exposure, as well as comprehensive health and well-being support. Employees also frequently highlight our positive work–life balance and the flexibility offered through hybrid working opportunities.

We know that diverse teams deliver better outcomes — and we actively welcome people of all identities, backgrounds, and career journeys. If you’re looking for a place where your voice is valued, your potential is supported, and your work has real impact, we’d love to meet you.

Our Cost Centre, Programme Performance, combines practical transformation delivery with project insight to help organisations make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and deliver consistent programme performance. Our service offerings span across Defence, including in the regulated environment.

We are actively looking to expand the team due to client requirements and have talented individuals join us who will support our broad client portfolio, whilst further developing their career, working on a range of complex and challenging commissions.

Job Description

You will be a Senior Quantity Surveyor within our Defence business working on a variety of client and Turner & Townsend projects and initiatives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Establishing friendly, professional and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.

• Administering a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.

• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.

• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.

• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.

• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice

• Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets

• Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders

• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed

• Commission management as needed

Qualifications

• Qualification in Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Cost Engineering

• Experience of working in the Infrastructure (Rail, air, power, highways) sector

Demonstrable and proven experience in:

• Contract Management (NEC3 preferred)

• Change management

• Cost Management

• Procurement

• Estimating

• Governance processing

• Collaborative approaches

• Line management

• Commission management

• Excellent and flexible skills in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Excel, Work, PowerPoint)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience of working in a client-facing environment

Preferred:

• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level

• Experience in early stage estimating in complex / major Defence Infrastructure programmes

• Familiarity with industry-standard estimating software packages

Additional Information

Working in teams/ Office & Site attendance:

Turner & Townsend recognises the importance of helping its employees harmonise their work and home life by offering hybrid working, that enable them to balance their working life with other priorities. At the same time T&T recognises that employee office and site attendance must always remain in line with the demands of the business and clients. Currently, we anticipate you being on client sites or Turner & Townsend offices 60% of your time, but this may flex depending on client and business requirements. The office is not the only place work gets done, but it is increasingly important for teams to be stronger together by learning, collaborating, and creating amazing work together

Security Clearance

Many of the clients and projects we support are subject to MoD security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, time out of country, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Person focus

Turner & Townsend is looking for the right people to join our team- if you do not fulfil 100% of the advert but think you can add value to our teams and clients please apply or reach out to the recruiter for a discussion.

Values & Behaviours:

• The successful candidate will demonstrate behaviours that are consistent with the T&T Value and Behaviours Model

Love a challenge

• We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together

• We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone

• Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
• We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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